Also called “Haas Award” is an award from the University of California at Berkeley established in 1964 by Walter A. Haas Jr., Peter E. Haas and Richard Goldman. It recognizes students or alumni of the university who are from a different country to the United States who have made significant contributions to their country.
The award winners have been:
YearWinnerCountryAccomplishments 1966 Abdul Majid Afghanistan 1967 Galo Plaza Ecuador president of Ecuador and secretary general of OAS 1968 Kiyoshi “George” Togasaki Japan 1969 Mario Báncora Argentina 1970 Sun Fo China premier of China 1971 John J. Akar Sierra Leone ambassador to US; composed national anthem 1972 Garegin Saroukhanian Iran 1973 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Pakistan prime minister and president of Pakistan 1974 Li Choh-ming China-Hong Kong founding vice chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong 1975 Håkon Wexelsen Norway rector of the Norwegian College of Agriculture 1976 Haraldur Kröyer Iceland 1977 Menahem Rebhun Israel 1978 Sadako Ogata Japan president of UNICEF and later UN High Commissioner for Refugees 1979 João Baptista Pinheiro Brazil 1980 Kenneth D. Taylor Canada as ambassador to Iran, assisted escape of Americans from Iran 1981 Kuang Tou Chang China vice president of Tsinghua University 1982 Choong Kung Cho South Korea 1983 Yoash Vaadia Israel 1984 Widjojo Nitisastro Indonesia economist 1985 Allan Gotlieb Canada ambassador to US 1986 Joon Lew South Korea 1987 Not given 1988 Hans Hollein Austria architect 1989 Julius Gikonyo Kiano Kenya 1990 Not given 1991 Not given 1992 Mohammed Al-Shaikh Saudi Arabia 1993 Hans-Peter Dürr Germany physicist and peace activist 1994 Han Sung-Joo South Korea 1994 James C. Y. Soong China governor of Taiwan 1996 Venkataram Ramakrishna India 1997 Laura Castillo de Gurfinkel Venezuela 1998 Ahmed Ahmed Goueli Egypt 1999 Urvashi Malhotra Sahni India feminist education activist 2000 Živorad I. Kovačević Yugoslavia politician, ambassador to US 2001 Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría Costa Rica president of Costa Rica 2002 Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti Indonesia ambassador to US 2003 Norman Myers United Kingdom environmentalist 2004 David Harrison South Africa 2005 Juree Vichit-Vadakan Thailand 2006 Mu Sochua Cambodia politician and human rights activist 2007 Marcos Espinal Dominican Republic physician in Pan American Health Organization 2008 Mario Bergara Uruguay economist, presided over Central Bank of Uruguay 2009 Reynato S. Puno Philippines Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines 2010 Josephine Namboze Uganda 2011 Yuan Tseh “Y.T.” Lee Taiwan Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012 Xiulan Zhang China 2013 Andrés Roemer Mexico public intellectual
References
External links Haas Awards The Elise and Walter A. Haas International Award University of California, Berkeley Official Website